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Hamlet

Adapted by Rani O'Brien

Boston University

December 2021

Claudius - a male presenting person with a beard stands center left. He wears a crown. He's across from Gertrude - a white woman presenting person in a knee length navy dress. They stare into each other's eyes. Left is Polonius - a woman presenting person in a suit. She holds a golf umbrella covering the person who plays Ophelia. A white woman presenting person wears a long tan dress. To the right is a person's back. They wear jeans, an off white long sleeve shirt and a brown page cap. They watch the scene (Horatio). Behind are several onlookers. The platform is marbled with greens and blues.

Hamlet on the center of the platform paints a picture of the death of his father out while being hugged by a white woman presenting person in black service wear holding a party platter hugs him. Behind is a faint shadow of blue.

Gertrude (a white presenting woman) sits in her messy bed in a slip. She looks guilty. Her bed has a white duvet and a sheet that matches the curtains (blue and green). She is lit in bright white from above. Behind her in the distance is Horatio, in a top light, a page boy cap and an off white long sleeve shirt. The rest of the scene is black

Hamlet center. Hamlet a white nonbinary presenting person (in this context) wears a black suit. Hamlet stands on a platform center with a light from above. It's a soliloquy

A dimly lit stage shows a grave with a person sitting on the edge and three people behind them, back lit. This is the burial of Ophelia.

Rosencratz (a white woman presenting person with brown hair) and Guildenstern ( a white woman presenting person with blonde hair) hold hands as they are lit from below. They each wear an outfit in mustard. Rosencratz is in a yellow dress with a brown overcoat and Guildenstern wears muster overalls with a black shirt and white beret. The lighting casts shadows on the wall and their face. In the foreground is the leg of a dead Laertes.

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